Presiding Officer's Diary...
When I was commissioned for election duty, it never occurred to me that the assignment would turn out to be a nightmare.. All the people who've gone for election duty before told me what a horrible job it was.. But I wasn't worried.. I thought to myself, "How bad can it be?".. Turns out that it can be real bad.. And I was assigned the job of a Presiding Officer (PRO)..From never having been assigned election duty before to straightaway being assigned a PROs job was kind of a shocker.. Lets just say I got lucky or 'unlucky' as I realised later.. For those of you who are familiar with election duty you will know how important or should I say how risky the job of a PRO is.. As PRO you are in charge of everything that happens at your Polling Station.. And as PRO you also have to ensure that polling happens 'peacefully'.. Of course the question here is how can people be 'peaceful' if they are standing in queues for more than an hour.. For that is e